The residents of Simsboro will soon see an increase in their water bills.

Sybil Smalling-Foster, mayor of Simsboro, said the Department of Hospitals would be increasing the annual safe water drinking fee from $3.20 to $12.

“Beginning on the first of January, the safe water drinking fee that we pay annually will be gong up to $12 a year,” she said. “They are going to start collecting it quarterly. It usually gets added to the bill around October.”

While the council discussed dividing the fee quarterly, no final decision was made.

If it has wheels and moves, Charles Hart loves it. Cars, trucks, old-fashion toys, just name it.

So, several years ago, when Hart’s wife, Sandra, decided to invest in two vintage travel trailers that needed work from the axles up, Charles Hart “got the bug” that’s turned from a hobby into a business.